Federal prosecutors this week charged three men after the hijacking of a delivery truck carrying more than $1 million in Apple products earlier this year.
In a press release, the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York says three men (Alan Christhofer Cedeno-Ferrer, Michael Mejia-Nunez and Ennait Alexis Sirett-Padilla) hijacked a delivery truck parked in front of the Apple Store at the Americana Manhasset shopping center in New York. The situation occurred around 8:00 a.m. on January 3, 2026.
Two workers inside the truck were preparing to deliver $1.2 million worth of MacBooks, iPhones, iPads, Apple Watches and more to the store that morning.
Three men approached the delivery drivers armed with handguns, forced one of the workers into the back of the delivery truck and zip-tied his hands. They ordered the other victim to get behind the wheel and drive the truck. The victim’s driver was directed to a secluded parking lot behind an office building on Northern Boulevard in Manhasset, New York, and then asked to get into the back of the truck with the first victim, where his hands were also tied.
A Home Depot covered truck, rented by Cedeno-Ferrer with a fake Pennsylvania driver’s license, pulled into the parking area and backed into the back of the delivery truck so that the loading sections were lined up. The men moved all of the Apple merchandise from the delivery truck to the Home Depot truck. Once finished, they closed the cargo door of the delivery truck with the victims inside and left the scene. One of the victims was able to free himself and call 911.
The stolen Apple hardware was then taken to a self-storage facility in Paterson, New Jersey. Sirett-Padilla rented a storage unit under his own name, which was used to “facilitate the transfer of stolen Apple products from the Home Depot truck to a U-Haul truck and another vehicle driven by a co-conspirator.”
The Home Depot truck was abandoned in the Bronx and was found two days later by law enforcement.
“Cedeno-Ferrer’s fingerprints were found on a copy of the rental agreement that was recovered from inside the Home Depot truck,” according to prosecutors. In addition, Cedeno-Ferrer allegedly activated two of the stolen Apple Watches several days after the robbery.
If the three men are convicted of these charges, they could face up to 30 years in prison.
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